Improvement in harness-saddles



Harness-Saddles.

NOQSYS, Patntedv April2l,l874.

UNITED STATESl PATENT Grrron.

JOHN MAGLURE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

vIIV'IPROVEVIENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,873, dated April21, 1874; application led February 11, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAOLURE, of

- Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain Improve! devices forming a saddle-tree, or frame of a saddle,which devices, and the manner of their combination, are hereinafterfully described and explained.

The object of this invention is to provide a saddle-tree which willenable a workman to make a harness-saddle more durable in structure andmore readily capable of bein grepaired than those heretofore made, andat the same time of a more uniform and handsome appearance.

Heretofore the usual mode of making a saddle has been to secure thebackbands upon the outer` surface of the saddle-tree. This method ofconstruction renders necessary the use of much stuffing or padding onthe nnder side of the tree-plate, in order that the saddle may fit theback of a horse.

In this invention the saddle is built, and the backbands are secured, onthe under side of the tree-plate instead of on the upper side thereof.

v This method of 'construction requires the use of less padding in thesaddle, and less skill on the part of the workman to make a good job,and'it leaves the upper side of the tree-plate smooth and uniform inappearance.

In the drawing formingpart of this specification, Figure lis atransverse section of a saddle` in which my improvements are combined,showing on one side the skirt s, the flap m, the tree-plate O, and thebackband l. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the center of thesaddle. Fig. 3 is a plan of the tree-plate inverted.

In these figures, a a are ribs on the under side of the tree-plate. b bare ribs on the un.

der side of the cantel. cis a hole in the treeplate for A'the receptionof the shank of the termargin of the tree-plate, and secured thereto byits curved ends fitting into two other holes near those above mentionedin the tree-plate, in the manner clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. g is ahook or projecting point formed von the rear part of the tree-plate, towhich the facing of the padding is fastened when finishing the saddle. his a shield on the front end of the seat-plate; one of its objects is toprotect that part of the saddle from the wear and tear ocl casionedbythe continued friction of the checkrein 5 another of its objects willbe hereinafter explained. i i are rivets formed on ribs b b. l is thebackband. In the drawing it is shown as formed of two thicknesses ofleather, but any desired number of thicknesses can be used. m is theflap. a is a nut or terretsocket, secured in the backband by eitherrivets or screws. This nut receives the threaded shank of the terret: Ois the treeplate. Pis the cantel or back of the seat-plate. R is a plateforming the back lining of the cantel. It is secured by the rivets i tto the ribs b bon the under side of the cantel. s is the skirt. t is theterret. w y y are holes in and near the rear central margin of thetree-platefor the reception and retention of the wire erupper-loop f. l

The advantages accompanying the use of these devices, the methods ofshaping them and employing them in combination, and their functions, aresubstantially as follows:

The tree-plate 0 is smooth on its upper surface, so that the Hap maypresent a smooth and handsome appearance. The ribs a a on the under sideof the tree-plate form a groove between them about three-eighths of aninch deep at the end of the tree-plate, and of alittle less depth nearthe center of the tree-plate, following the taper of the ribs in thatdirection.

This groove is wide enough to retain the backband, which passes betweenthe ribs and over the cross-plate d which unites the ribs, in the mannershown in Figs. l and 3. The nut or terret-socket u is secured, in themanner hereinbefore mentioned, to the backband, and at such apoint/therein that, when the backband is in its place, the nut will beopposite to the hole c in the tree-plate, so that the threaded shank ofthe terret may pass through it and unite the skirt-Hap, tree-plate, andbackband all together. Should either a terret or backr band, or both, bebroken, cither 0r both can be removed by simply unscrewing the terret,and new ones can at any time be inserted without disfguring the saddleor removing any other of its parts. The Hap m should be cut so as to iitneatly upon the upper side of the treeplate, and of a width suitablethereto. This iiap has a slot in its end through which the shank of thetcrret passes. In the end of this slot, opposite to the endl crossed bythe metal strip e, a tongue is cut in the iiap. This tongue serves tofill up any inequalities in the thicknesses of the materials used in themaking of the saddle, where they join outwardly from and near to theshank of the terret.

It is frequently desirable in the manufacture of a cheap class ofharness to work up odds and ends77 of stock in the saddles. In suchcases the saddle is made in two parts,jointed in the center, and bent upat one end above the check-hook. A joint so formed is always aneye-sore. In order to remedy this defect, and also for the purposehereinbei'ore mentioned, I have devised the shield h formed on the frontend of the seat-plate, which effectually accomplishes the objectsdesired7 being at the same time both useful and ornamental. Theadvantage 0f constructing the crupperloop f detached from thetree-plate, instead of being cast on as part of the tree-plate, is thatit is not so liable to be broken, and it may also be removed whendesired and covered with leather stitched on by a machine. If the loopbe cast ou the tree-plate the leather canonly be stitched on by hand. Asmy invention, l claiml. The tree-plate O, having its upper surfaceflush, and provided upon its under side with ribs a a, tapering in butone direction and united at the under edges of their lower and widerextremities by a cross-plate, d, in the manner substantially asdescribed, for the purposes set forth.

2. The tree-plate O having its central rear margin perforated with holesw y, whereby it is adapted to receive the curved ends of the wirecrupperloop f, in the manner substantially as described and set forth.

3. The seat-plate l) h, having a shield, h, formed on the front endthereof, in the mauner substantially as described, whereby the saddle isgiven a neater iinish, and is at the same time protected from the wearof the check-rein, substantially as set forth.

4i. The ribs b b, provided with rivets t' t' ou the under side of cantelP, whereby the plate or back lining R is secured to the cantel, in themanner substantially as described and set forth.

JOHN MAGLURE.

Vituesses OLIVE DRAKE, Dnvin COLLINS.

